Scale: By showing something in a scale it helps to be able to see in like it really is.  If someone had a drawing of a chair it would look great, but it might be a children’s chair and would be impractical.  Scale can also help measure out the rest of a building, by using one unit to make the rest.

Unity: People working together to make something work or to build something.  The Dorian, Ionian, and Aeloian brought Greece together.  The temple of Amon at Karnak is symmetric presenting a sense of coming together and a path to walk down.  The Pathways, Edges, and Boundaries project has five different groups but they still had to work together by using the commonality of circles and squares.

Section: A section of a house or object shows it being “cut” so you see the inside and what is in the walls.  Sections can also be parts of something like on the Acropolis in Athens.  The whole hill has a porch, court, and hearth, as do the main four buildings.

Boundaries: Boundaries like walls divide something into smaller parts.  They are often physical blocks but can also be something that simply stops people from getting through.  Boundaries can also be limits to what you can do like parameters on a project.  How much material you need or can afford and how much space you have.

Vignettes: A vignette is a smaller more focused part of a whole.  It has objects or people that tell a small part of a story.  It may be a certain part or item in that story that was significant or stood out.  Paintings or sculptures from ancient buildings also tell a story usually of the gods.